Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over the last two years

Re:Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over... by notJim on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:32PM (#28992086)

I agree that Java has a lot of silly boilerplate, but I don't see that as a huge hurdle. Most people will use an IDE that populates it for you. Keep in mind this is for a complete beginner.

Dependency management with either Java or Python is PITA IMO, but my idea would be to avoid dependencies during this initial phase of learning the basics.

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Re:Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over... by ghaff on Monday October 25, 2021 @03:54PM (#28992307)

Python seems to be the goto for intro programming courses at a lot of universities today. I assume that bootcamps are more focused on Javascript because front-end wbdev is probably more marketable than Python in isolation.

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Re:Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over... by legerdemain on Monday October 25, 2021 @07:00PM (#28994258)

A number of bootcamps, at least in the Bay Area, teach full-stack web dev as JS + Django (General Assembly) or JS + Rails (Coding Dojo).

On one hand, it seems like an antiquated curriculum. On the other hand, a surprising number of mid-sized companies still run on Rails or Django.

(I don't comment on the usefulness of Rails and Django to small companies and individuals, because they're not the ones hiring bootcamp grads.)

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Re:Lambda School leaked documents show poor performance over... by sam0x17 on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:25AM (#28997382)

Yeah honestly pure Java is a real joy. Other people's Java, and in particular anything involving dependencies is where Java falls apart and becomes ridiculously overly verbose. Too bad people don't write Java like I did in college I guess lol? I really don't get what motivates people to write 30 observer classes, etc. Good Java can be so clean...

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